The essentials of the day before

  • Israeli forces stormed the main hospital in the southern Gaza Strip, hours after Israeli gunfire killed a patient and injured six others inside the complex, the Gaza health ministry said. Gaza.

  • An Israeli airstrike on a building in the Lebanese town of Nabatieh overnight Wednesday killed a commander of Hezbollah's elite Radwan force, his deputy and a third fighter, the Israeli military said. At least seven civilians were also killed in the strike.

  • The leaders of Australia, Canada and New Zealand have warned Israel of a "catastrophic" ground operation in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah in a statement.

  • The Hamas Ministry of Health announced a new toll of 28,663 people killed, mostly women, children and adolescents, in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement.

Please note: the number of victims is provided by the Hamas-led Gaza Ministry of Health.

The ministry collects information provided by hospitals in the enclave and by the Palestinian Red Crescent.

The Health Ministry in Gaza does not indicate how the Palestinians were killed, whether by Israeli airstrikes and/or barrages or failed Palestinian rocket attacks. It describes all victims as victims of "Israeli aggression" and also does not distinguish between civilians and combatants.

During the four wars and numerous skirmishes between Israel and Hamas, United Nations agencies regularly cited Health Ministry figures in their reports. The International Committee of the Red Cross and the Palestinian Red Crescent also use these figures.

In the aftermath of previous episodes of war, the United Nations Humanitarian Office published casualty figures based on its own research into medical records. The UN figures largely agree with those of the Gaza Ministry of Health, with a few differences.

To learn more about the reports from the Gaza Ministry of Health, click here or here.

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